Web Designer Ramblings - Photo of the Day

Photo taken in the Rio Grande Botanic Garden, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Shot with Minolta X-370 (purchased used on Ebay for $65.00) & Fuji 200 ASA film purchased from Walmart. The film is a tiny bit grainy, but a cheap "practice' film if you are doing film scanning. Scanned with Nikon Coolscan V ED.

Call me crazy, but there is a sense of organic, tactile satisfaction I get with shooting film that I don't get with digital. To be fair, I haven't used any of the better (above $500.00) digital SLR cameras. However, a decent digital SLR with a respectable lens will still cost over $1,000 nowadays. I am shooting with top quality film SLR's that can be found on Ebay in mint condition for less than $100.00. Add three or four excellent used lenses and flash to that film SLR and I've still paid less than $500 for a very capable photography system. Plus (and this is a big plus) I can focus on photography rather than being overly concerned about theft or damage to a high-priced digital SLR. Film. Can't beat it!